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Originally Posted by Gigabitch [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

Remember in Meet the Fockers where they were "Ferburizing" that baby by leaving him alone and teaching him to "self-sooth" when he was crying? Attachment style is pretty much the opposite of that.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_parenting]Attachment parenting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

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That is one of the few movies that gave me a sore belly from laughing. Best since Python.

FWIW, I agree with the self-soothing, but not for an infant. They need to be beyond basic instinct-driven crying. 1.5 - 2 years is about right IMO.

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Originally Posted by Gigabitch [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

I think his belief that it's best for a baby to sleep in a room by itself is just plain wrong and unnatural. I'm not a proponent of the whole family bed thing, but my son will be sleeping in our room and won't feel abandoned at night. I just think it's weird to isolate them.

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Agreed, but again here is an example of an 'expert' who doesn't seem to understand human social history. Human babies were NEVER alone, even if their parents weren't around. Think hunter-gatherer society. They would have been surrounded by the other children of the tribe, in a type of creche. So, with our present family structure and shinkage, I think its fine to keep you baby near you. I wasn't keen on the same bed thing, except when he was really little (and I was exhausted) but we had a bassinette next to the bed in direct contact with each other and then a crib in the same room. When he would cry out a bit unsettled, I would make soothing murmur noises that would calm him down.